Introducing the Newfoundland Regiment

I'm a few weeks behind on sharing this but I thought I still would. 

What has been rumoured for the last couple of seasons became a reality back in December when the QMJHL announced the purchase of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan by a group named SPS Entertainment. They are business owners who plan to relocate the team to St. John's, Newfoundland in time for the 2025-26 season. Before the club even had a name, season tickets were on sale with fans being able to put down a deposit to hold their spot. 

From a CBC article posted on December 20; "St. John's is a market that the league has kept an eye on since the departure of the Fog Devils more than 15 years ago," said QMJHL commissioner Mario Cecchini in a new release on Friday. "The ownership is solid, the arena is outstanding, and Newfoundland and Labrador fans love hockey."

Photo - Regiment facebook page

A little over a month later, the team's identity was revealed at a press conference held on January 23 in a military building in St. John's with team ownership and government officials in attendance. The new team will be named the Newfoundland Regiment in honour of the province's military heritage. 

"The name Newfoundland Regiment not only pays homage to the incredible legacy left by these brave soldiers but also embodies the values of courage, unity and resilience. These qualities continue to be displayed by the men and women of the modern Royal Newfoundland Regiment," said Glenn Stanford, president of the new team. 

Video introducing the team name

No jerseys were unveiled during the press conference. I wonder if we will see them when the team makes their first selection at the 2025 Q entry draft on June 6. 

According to the team's press release 'the team's new logo prominently features a Woodland Caribou, the symbol for which the Regiment is known and a nod to the Regiment's past and current cap badge. This symbol, along with the regimental crest and the crown icon in the logo, captures the spirit of excellence and dedication exemplified by the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Team colours include puttee blue, legacy maroon and heritage tan.'

This will be the second go around for a QMJHL franchise in the city following the St. John's Fog Devils from 2005 to 2008. The Newfoundland Regiment will play at the Mary Brown's Centre starting this fall. 

Playoffs Begin Friday

Photo - QMJHL wesbite

The road to the 2024 Gilles Courteau Trophy begins on Friday as our Halifax Mooseheads take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in Round 1. 

Find the schedule of the Titan-Mooseheads series below:
Game 1   Friday March 29 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre
Game 2   Saturday March 30 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre
Game 3   Tuesday April 2 @ 7:00pm at KC Irving Regional Centre
Game 4   Wednesday April 3 @ 7:00pm at KC Irving Regional Centre
*Game 5  Friday April 5 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre
*Game 6  Sunday April 7 @ 3:00pm at KC Irving Regional Centre
*Game 7  Tuesday April 9 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre

*if necessary

Single game tickets for Games 1 and 2 are on sale already and can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com or at the Scotiabank Centre box office. 

Round One Matchup Official

Photo - AMH Photography

With just over a week to go in the regular season, the Halifax Mooseheads' first round playoff opponent is now official after Saturday's games. The Mooseheads will take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the 2024 post-season. 

These two teams met in the opening round two years ago when Bathurst won the five game series 3-2 coming back from losing the first two games at home. This time, Halifax will have home ice advantage after winning the Maritimes division and finishing the regular season as the #2 in the Eastern conference. The Titan ended the year as the 7th place team. 

Halifax won the season series against Acadie-Bathurst 5-3-1-0. The Titan picked up wins in the last three matchups between the two clubs however including a 3-1 game on March 8. Game 1 will be played on Good Friday, March 29, in Moose Country with puck drop at 7 p.m Atlantic time. a

Individual tickets for Games 1 and 2 will go on sale on March 22 at 11am and you should be able to buy them on ticketmaster.com, at the Scotiabank Centre box office or by phone. 

Stay tuned to Moose Country for more playoff details and game previews. 

RECAP: Comeback Win In Shootout

Our Halifax Mooseheads swept a home-and-home series with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan after a comeback 5-4 shootout victory on Wednesday night. Despite outshooting the away team 14-6, Halifax found themselves down 1-0 after twenty minutes as overager Igor Mburanumwe scored his first goal of the season. Acadie-Bathurst continued to make Mathis Rousseau look human in the middle frame as they got three more goals past the Mooseheads goaltender on 10 shots. The Herd looked like they were still not feeling very good as most of the guys seemed to be skating not as fast as they normally do. Whatever the coaches said during the second intermission, it seemed to work as Mathieu Cataford scored a power-play goal to start the comeback. Jordan Dumais' assist on Jake Furlong's first goal of the season marked another franchise record for the 19-year-old, who now leads the team in regular season assists with 185 helpers. Markus Vidicek scored at the 16:45 mark of the third period to tie the game up so we headed to overtime with the score 4-4. The extra frame solved nothing, leading to a shootout where Cataford scored the game winner. 

FINAL: Titan 4 at Mooseheads 5 SO
Stars: 3. Mathieu Cataford HAL | 2. Colby Huggan BAT | 1. Markus Vidicek HAL
Attendance: 5,606
MC's Top Herd: n/a

GAME LOG
First period
15:35 BAT Igor Mburanumwe (1) | A: Roelens & Pilgrim-Edwards

Second period
2:10 BAT Donovan Arsenault (7) | A: Huggan
13:53 BAT Colby Huggan (5) | A: Arsenault
16:40 BAT Joseph Henneberry (6) | A: Orr & Huggan

Third period
6:59 HAL Mathieu Cataford (7), PP | A: Dumais & Vidicek
9:41 HAL Jake Furlong (1) | A: Fournier & Dumais
12:36 HAL Jack Martin (1) | A: Levesque & Todd
16:45 HAL Markus Vidicek (9) | A: Levesque & MacKinnon

Overtime
None

Shootout 
Donovan Arsenault - Miss      Jordan Dumais - Miss
Colby Huggan - Miss             Markus Vidicek - Goal
Robert Orr - Goal                   Owen Phillips - Miss
Milo Roelens - Miss               Mathieu Cataford - Goal

Powerplay: BAT - 0-for-1; HAL - 1-for-2
Shots: 48-28 in favour of Halifax

Next game
Our Mooseheads are back at home on Friday night against the Rimouski Oceanic. Puck drops at 7 p.m.

Second Round Matchups Set

It's been a few days and the second round has actually begun but I've had a busy weekend so just getting to this now. Our Halifax Mooseheads were eliminated from the playoffs on Friday night in a small New Brunswick town after the Acadie-Bathurst Titan won Game 5 2-1. With that, the second round matchups have been set. 

Acadie-Bathust trailed 2-0 in the series and forced a winner take all final game by winning Game 4 in triple overtime on Wednesday. It became the longest game in team history after passing the 3:02 mark of the third OT period, the previous record which was set in 2008. 

The second round for the QMJHL 2022 post-season started on Sunday afternoon with the following teams going against each other. Once again, this round is a best-of-five. 

Eastern conference
#1 Quebec Remparts vs. #6 Rimouski Oceanic
#2 Charlottetown Islanders vs. #4 Acadie-Bathurst Titan

Western conference
#1 Sherbrooke Phoenix vs. #5 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
#2 Gatineau Olympiques vs. #3 Shawinigan Cataractes

These matchups also mean that the Memorial Cup host Saint John Sea Dogs have been eliminated in the opening round in an upset. The club made moves during the season so they could be a top contender this year and win it all however, Rimouski surprised them by winning Game 5 in overtime. 

In the Ontario Hockey League, they are into their conference finals which will see the Hamilton Bulldogs (1) take on the North Bay Battalion (2) in the eastern conference while in the western conference, the Windsor Spitfires (1) will battle the Flint Firebirds (3). 

The conference final matchups in the Western Hockey League are not fully settled but we know three of the four teams that will be participating. The Winnipeg ICE (1) will take on the Edmonton Oil Kings (2) in the eastern conference.and the Kamloops Blazers (2) are still awaiting their opponent. 

Schedule for Round 1 Released

PLAYOFFS

#E4 Acadie-Bathurst Titan vs #E5 Halifax Mooseheads

1st round

The Halifax Mooseheads released their first round schedule for the 2022 playoffs which they are playing against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. 

HALIFAX - It's playoff time Moose Country! A bad month in March by our Halifax Mooseheads and good play from the other teams led to a spread in what was a close Maritimes division until that point. It gave way to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan jumping over Halifax to get home ice advantage in this series between the two clubs. The first three rounds of this year's playoffs will be best-of-five so there isn't really time for a slow start but the Mooseheads are coming into the post-season hot and they'll look to keep it going when the series starts on Thursday in Bathurst. 

HEAD-TO-HEAD ~ all-time playoffs: 5-5-2-0, this season: 4-5-0-0

LAST GAMES - Halifax is coming off a 5-4 victory over the last place Eagles on May 1 in Cape Breton while Acadie-Bathurst were defeated by the Charlottetown Islanders 10-2 on that final day.

Playoff tickets for game 3 will go on sale at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at the Ticket Atlantic Box Office, www.ticketatlantic.com or by calling (902) 451-1121. 

Game #1
Thursday May 5 @ 7:00pm at KC Irving Regional Centre ~ Bathurst, NB
Game #2 
Friday May 6 @ 7:00pm at KC Irving Regional Centre ~ Bathurst, NB
Game #3
Monday May 9 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre ~ Halifax, NS
Game #4*
Wednesday May 11 @ 7:00pm at Scotiabank Centre ~ Halifax, NS
Game #5*
Thursday May 12 @ 7:00pm at KC Irving Regional Centre ~ Bathurst, NB

*if necessary

Halifax & Bathurst To Meet in First Round

After all 18 teams played on Sunday, the 2021-22 regular season has come to a close and as such we now know the playoff matchups for the first round. Our Halifax Mooseheads finished the season in 5th place in the Eastern Conference and will start the post-season on the road. Halifax will take on the 4th place Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the opening round of the 2022 playoffs. 

The first game of the round will be this Thursday evening. Unlike previous years, the playoffs in 2022 will be best-of-five series for the first three rounds. 

Tickets for the Mooseheads home games will go on sale to the general public on Tuesday at 11 a.m. Fans can buy tickets on ticketatlantic.com or by phone at (902) 451-1121.

Stay tuned to Moose Country for more playoff coverage. 

Rousseau Fantastic Despite Loss

Rookie goaltender Mathis Rousseau was a beast on Tuesday night unfortunately it couldn't help the Halifax Mooseheads get a victory. The 17-year-old made 48 saves enroute to a second star performance against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, who won 4-3 in Moose Country. Seattle Kraken draft selection Jacob Melanson got the bad guys on the board first at the11:30 mark of the opening frame. Less than two minutes later, Zack Jones roofed the puck to tie the game up and that's how the period would end. The Herd were lucky to get out of the frame with a 1-1 score as Bathurst outshot the home team 26-3. The Titan would continue their pressure in the middle frame and led after 40 minutes 3-2. Player of the week Jordan Dumais scored twice during the game, including in the third as Halifax tried to tie the game again to force overtime. 

FINAL: Acadie-Bathurst 4 at Halifax 3
Stars: 3. Ben Allison BAT | 2. Mathis Rousseau HAL | 1. Jacob Melanson BAT
Attendance: 3,991
MC's Top Herd: Mathis Rousseau 

Game Log
First period
11:30 BAT Jacob Melanson (33) | A: MacArthur & Kidney
13:21 HAL Zack Jones (16) | Schultz & Rousseau 

Second period
1:24 BAT Marc-Audre Gaudet (12), PP | A: Allison & Higgins
6:14 BAT Nolan Forster (1), PP | A: Melanson & Allison
11:29 HAL Jordan Dumais (32), PP | A: Desnoyers & Vidicek
18:33 BAT Jacob Melanson (34), PP | A: Allison & Gaudet

Third period 
17:03 HAL Jordan Dumais (33), PP | A: Vidicek & Cataford

Shots: 52-23 in favour of Acadi-eBathurst
Powerplay: BAT - 3-for-5, HAL - 2-for-5

SCORES
Sherbrooke 5 at Shawinigan 4
Moncton 3 at Gatineau 7

Missing in action: Braeden MacPhee (healthy), Zachary L'Heureux (injured), Cam Whynot

Up next: Halifax will hit the road now for a couple of games as they travel to Cape Breton to take on the Eagles on Thursday night. Puck drops at 7 p.m.

Halifax Picks Up Big Thursday Night Win

Our Halifax Mooseheads took two of the three games this week that they had against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan as they skated to a 6-4 victory on Thursday night. The game started out a little slowly and despite being outshot 18-9 in the first period, Bathurst had a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes. Enfield, NS native Riley Kidney scored the first goal of the game short-handed before Bennett MacArthur gave the Titan a 2-0 lead. With 39 seconds remaining in the period, Senna Peeters picked up his second of the season. The middle frame was a lot more exciting with five goals ending in a 4-4 tie after 40 minutes. The Titan scored on the power play early in the period to push their lead to 3-1 but 41 seconds later Robert Orr got on the board for Halifax to close the gap to one. Some net crashing led to Zachary Beauregard roofing a rebound for his first of the season to tie the game up at 3. Orr picked up another one in the third period that ended up being the game winning goal. Captain Elliot Desnoyers sealed the win with an empty net marker with under a minute left in regulation. 

FINAL: Titan 4 at Mooseheads 6
Stars: 3. Brady James HAL | 2. Bennett MacArthur BAT | 1. Robert Orr HAL
Attendance: 6,188
MC's Top Herd: Bobby Orr

Game Log
First period
15:24 BAT Riley Kidney (10), SH | A: None
17:11 BAT Bennett MacArthur (3), PP | A: Kidney & Brants
19:21 HAL Senna Peeters (2) | A: Jones & Davis

Second period 
5:12 BAT Jaxon Bellamy (5), PP | A: Huckins
5:53 HAL Robert Orr (2) | A: Dumais & Desnoyers
7:12 HAL Zachary Beauregard (1) | A: Peeters
7:44 HAL Zachary L'Heureux (6), PP | A: Dumais & Vidicek 
7:51 BAT Bennett MacArthur (4) | A: Andrews & Biggar

Third period
6:53 HAL Robert Orr (3) | A: Dumais & Desnoyers
19:09 HAL Elliot Desnoyers (10), EN | A: Beauregard & L'Heureux 

Powerplay: BAT - 2-for-7; HAL - 1-for-7
Shots: 44-38 in favour for Halifax

SCORES
Victoriaville 6 at Gatineau 3
Sherbrooke 5 at Val-d'Or 1

Missing in action: Landon Miron (healthy), James Swan (injured) and Alexandre Tessier (healthy)

Up next: Halifax will travel up north to take on the Cape Breton Eagles tomorrow night. Puck drops at 7 p.m. 

Photo - Shawn Davidson

Moose Get Split In Bathurst

Photo - Herd Twitter

The Halifax Mooseheads attempt at getting 4 points in Bathurst didn't go well on Saturday evening as the team lost 3-2 to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Halifax found themselves down 2-0 after the first period with Riley Kidney and Jacob Melanson both scoring their 8th goal of the season late in the frame for the home team. Bathurst clearly carried over their momentum from last night's third period into today and picked up the victory after losing Friday 3-1. Rookie Mathieu Cataford scored his 4th of the year in the second while Elliot Desnoyers tied the game up about halfway through the third period on the power play. The score didn't stay tied for long as 3 minutes later, Kidney gave the Titan the lead which ended up being the game winner. This was the second of three straight games that will be against Acadie-Bathurst for our Mooseheads. 

FINAL: Mooseheads 2 at Titan 3
Stars: 3. David Doucet BAT | 2. Jacob Melanson BAT | 1. Riley Kidney BAT
Attendance: 1,566

Game Log
First period
15:05 BAT Riley Kidney (8) | A: Larkin & Brants
17:49 BAT Jacob Melanson (8), PP | A: Kidney & Bednar

Second period 
7:17 HAL Mathieu Cataford (4) | A: Crosby & Schultz

Third period 
9:48 HAL Elliot Desnoyers (9), PP | A: Vidicek & Whynot
12:46 BAT Riley Kidney (9) | A: Chisholm

Powerplay: HAL - 1-for-6; BAT - 1-for-5

Shots: 35-31 in favour of Bathurst

SCORES
Saint John 3 at Drummondville 4
Charlottetown 4 at Blainville-Boisbriand 3
Quebec 6 at Chicoutimi 2
Baie-Comeau 6 at Gatineau 7
Cape Breton 2 at Shawinigan 5
Rouyn-Noranda 3 at Val-d'Or 4 SO
Moncton 2 at Victoriaville 0

Rimouski at Sherbrooke (still playing)

Missing in action: Landon Miron (healthy), James Swan (injured) and Vincent Gauthier (healthy)

Up next: The two teams will head back to Moose Country for a Remembrance Day matchup with puck dropping at 7 p.m.

Jan 28: Titan vs. Mooseheads preview

ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN VS HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS

Puck drops at 7:00pm

TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @HFXMooseheads

K.C. Irving Regional Centre

It's another battle of two lowly teams who are in the midst of a rebuild year as our Halifax Mooseheads travel to take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan tonight. The Titan faithful haven't had much to cheer about when their team is on home ice as Bathurst has won just 5 of their 24 games at the KC Irving Regional Centre so far this season but that's more than the lone match they picked up a victory in last season. If you look at the standings, this should be an easy game for the Mooseheads but there isn't often easy games. Halifax comes into the mid-week match with a 14 game winning streak against Acadie-Bathurst and they'll be looking to continue that this evening. The Herd are coming off a blow out loss to the Moncton Wildcats over the weekend where they were shutout. Despite being new to the team, Kevin Gursoy and D'Artagnan Joly are now being called upon to be leaders for the young club and they'll need to keep doing what they've been doing on the scoresheet. Can Halifax finish off the month of January with a win? Follow along on News 95.7 or Twitter to find out.

Overall records
Mooseheads: 18-24-2-1 = 39pts (5th in Maritimes division, 16th overall)
Titan: 8-31-3-4 = 23pts (6th in Maritimes division, 18th overall)

Leading scorers
BAT: Remy Anglehart 36pts (22G & 14A), Mathieu Desgagnes 23pts (9G & 14A), Cole Huckins 23pts (9G & 14A)
HAL: Kevin Gursoy 38pts (16G & 22A), Senna Peeters 20pts (12G & 8A), Zack Jones 19pts (9G & 10A)

Out of Town
Tigres vs. Foreurs     8:30pm
Remparts vs. Sea Dogs     8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will come home for a tilt against Max Trepanier and the Shawinigan Cataractes on Saturday night. Puck drops at 7pm.

TRADE: Deadline Day Moves

Photo - The Guardian

The Halifax Mooseheads have made an unsurprising trade on Monday morning as they traded Raphael Lavoie to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens. Halifax acquired four draft picks in the transaction; a first and second rounder in 2020 plus a 2021 2nd round pick and 2021 third.

Lavoie, a Chambly, QC native, was drafted by the Mooseheads in 2016 29th overall and has played all 3 and a half seasons so far with the club. He had almost a point per game with the Herd recording 189 points in 192 regular season games. The 19-year-old was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2019 NHL draft and won a gold medal with Team Canada last night during the 2020 World Juniors. He finishes his time with Halifax a plus-50 and with 136 penalty minutes.

Chicoutimi, with the addictions of Lavoie, Patrick Kyte and also recently acquired Dawson Mercer will be in town on Friday night to take on our Mooseheads.

Good luck to Raphael in Chicoutimi! You were always a fan favourite and will be missed in Moose Country. 


Halifax also announced that they have acquired Alexandre David from the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in exchange for Cole Stewart and a 2021 5th round draft pick. Stewart leaves the Mooseheads having suited up for 69 regular season games with the team and recording 12 points.

Good luck Cole with Bathurst.

Herd End 6 Game Skid

Photo - Myles Dennis

The Halifax Mooseheads ended their six game losing streak on Saturday evening when they defeated the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 3-2. Halifax got on the board early, getting the first goal 33 seconds into the game on a deke by D'Artagnan Joly. The momentum changed around the half way mark of the first period and a hooking penalty gave Bathurst a chance to tie it up which they did from a goal by Remy Anglehart. In the second frame, the away team took the lead but with a few minutes remaining in the period the Mooseheads scored to send the clubs to their dressing rooms tied once again after 40 minutes. The whole game was physical with a few big hits including one by the stanchion and some shoving between Kyle Petten and Liam Kidney. Petten scored his first goal of the season to give Halifax the lead in the third period on the power play and they were able to keep it.

FINAL: Titan 2 at Mooseheads 3
Stars: 3. Remy Anglehart BAT | 2. Cameron Whynot HAL | 1. Kyle Petten HAL
Attendance: 6,744
MC's Top Herd: Jason Horvath

Powerplay: BAT - 1-for-2; HAL - 1-for-2
Shots: 39-29 in favour of Halifax

MISSING IN ACTION - Cole Foston (healthy), Gavin Hart (healthy), Raphael Lavoie (World Juniors), Samuel Dube (injured), Jared McIsaac (World Juniors), Justin Barron (injured)

SCORES
Blainville-Boisbriand 5 at Shawinigan 4
Gatineau 5 at Quebec 2
Rimouski 1 at Chicoutimi 3
Drummondville 5 at Val-d'Or 2
Victoriaville 3 at Baie-Comeau 4
Moncton 0 at Cape Breton 5
Charlottetown 3 at Saint John 4
Sherbrooke 5 at Rouyn-Noranda 2

UP NEXT - Halifax will continue their home stand on Friday night when they welcome the Chicoutimi Sagueneens. Puck drops at 7pm.

Penalties Almost Kill Mooseheads

Photo - Myles Dennis

Three straight penalties in the second period almost hurt our Halifax Mooseheads who built a 3-0 lead before the Acadie-Bathurst Titan came back to tie the game and force overtime. Justin Barron got the boys going, scoring just 2:21 into the opening frame on the team's second shot. Maxim Trepanier scored more than three minutes later on what was Halifax's third shot. The Mooseheads looked like they would roll over the last place Titan but the two teams settled in and played a back and forth game after that. Benoit-Olivier Groulx scored a nice between the legs goal late in the second period to make it 3-0 despite Acadie-Bathurst outshooting the Herd 19-12 in that middle frame. The away team eventually broke the goose egg with 45 seconds remaining in the second via a power play goal by Noah Delemont after Patty Kyte took back to back delay of game penalties. In the third, Bathurst dominated even more making Cole McLaren work as he stopped 17 of 19 shots in final 20 minutes. Remy Anglehart scored an empty net goal with 12 seconds to go in regulation to force extra time. Halifax had a number of chances in the final moments but couldn't convert. A Jason Horvath drive to the net and Senna Peeters being in the right spot, secured the victory for the Mooseheads.

FINAL: Titan 3 at Mooseheads 4 OT
Stars: 3. Senna Peeters HAL | 2. Remy Anglehart BAT | 1. Justin Barron HAL
Attendance: 7,301
MC's Top Herd: n/a

Powerplay: BAT - 1-for-5; HAL - 1-for-4
Shots: 45-31 in favour of Bathurst

NOT DRESSED - Jared McIsaac (injured), Cam Whynot (U17's), Cole Foston (injured) and Walter Flower (injured)

SCORES
Saint John 6 at Blainville-Boisbriand 2
Gatineau 4 at Rimouski 3
Charlottetown 3 at Cape Breton 2
Val-d'Or 0 at Sherbrooke 7
Shawinigan 3 at Victoriaville 7
Baie-Comeau 1 at Rouyn-Noranda 3

UP NEXT - Halifax will head out to the province of Quebec and take on the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada to start the 3 game road trip. Puck drops at 8pm.

Feb 11: Mooseheads vs. Titan preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ACADIE-BATHURST TITAN
February 11, 2019 at 7:00pm
TV: Webcast | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It’s an even more rare Monday game night this evening as your Halifax Mooseheads host the last place Acadie-Bathurst Titan at the Scotiabank Centre. This match was originally supposed to be played on Friday night but a storm going through the Maritimes, which happened to be worse in New Brunswick, postponed the game and the league rescheduled it to tonight. The two teams are heading in opposite directions and actually the Mooseheads are being led by two former Titan players who were on Bathurst last season when they won the Memorial Cup. Halifax is trying to keep the trophy in the Maritimes and already have a spot in the tournament as hosts. Acadie-Bathurst were sellers over the summer trade period and are in a rebuilding season. As such, they find themselves in last place in the QMJHL with just 17 points and 7 wins. The team’s leading scorer Jesse Sutton came over from the Chicoutimi Sagueneens to finish his junior career. For Halifax, Antoine Morand, Samuel Asselin, Raphael Lavoie and Jared McIsaac continue to lead the Herd with both McIsaac and Morand scoring in a 4-2 loss on Saturday. Asselin was named the CHL Player of the Week on Wednesday and he added two more points in the club’s last two games. The Moose have dominated the season series winning all 7 games so far by a combined score of 42-10. Will we see a close game like the previous match or will it be another high scoring game for the home team? We’ll have to see.

Overall Records
Titan: 7-41-2-1 = 17pts (18th overall, 6th in Maritimes division)
Mooseheads: 37-12-2-1 = 77pts (4th overall, 1st in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Samuel Asselin 71pts (40G & 31A), Antoine Morand 56pts (18G & 38A), Raphael Lavoie 55pts (24G & 31A)
BAT: Jesse Sutton 34pts (16G & 18A), Evan MacKinnon 25pts (7G & 18A), Marc-Andre LeCouffe 24pts (11G & 13A)

Previous Games
Acadie-Bathurst is coming off a 4-3 overtime defeat to Drummondville on Saturday evening. Alexandre David led the Titan with a goal and an assist while Mark Grametbauer made 35 saves to take the loss against the Voltigeurs on home ice.

Halifax is coming off a 4-2 road loss on Saturday night against the Screaming Eagles. Antoine Morand and Jared McIsaac scored the goals for the Mooseheads while Alex Gravel stopped 16 of Cape Breton’s 19 shots.

Head-to-Head
October 14  Mooseheads 5 at Titan 0
November 7  Mooseheads 8 at Titan 2
November 10  Titan 0 at Mooseheads 9
December 8  Titan 0 at Mooseheads 6
January 8  Mooseheads 5 at Titan 4
January 16  Mooseheads 4 at Titan 1
January 18  Titan 3 at Mooseheads 5
February 11  7pm  Titan at Mooseheads
February 27  7pm  Titan at Mooseheads

After the Buzzer
Halifax will play another make up game as they welcome the Saint John Sea Dogs to Moose Country tomorrow evening. Puck drops at 7pm.

Halifax Win 11th PITR Event

Your Halifax Mooseheads are now 6-5 in their Pink in the Rink events after a close 5-3 victory over the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan. The boys in pink had it in the bag but seemed to stop pushing late in the third and Bathurst was able to make it interesting scoring two goals in the final 2 minutes of the game. Samuel Asselin got the party started, recording his 30th of the season 5 minutes into the match. Keith Getson doubled the lead with 46 seconds remaining in the first period as the Mooseheads took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission. Despite outshooting the Titan 12-3 in the opening frame, it felt like a pretty back and forth game and in the second Bathurst got some life when Marc-Andre LeCouffe scored at the 4:54 mark to break Cole McLaren’s shutout. LeCouffe’s goal made it a 3-1 game. Asselin scored his 2nd of the night later in the second, which turned out to be the game winner. Halifax has had the best penalty kill pretty much all season but the boys didn’t do too well tonight as all three Acadie-Bathurst goals were scored with the man advantage. The Titan were 3-for-5 on the power play Friday evening.

FINAL: Titan 3 at Mooseheads 5
Stars: 3. Xavier Parent HAL | 2. Samuel Asselin HAL | 1. Arnaud Durandeau HAL
Attendance: 7,781
MC’s Top Herd: Samuel Asselin

GAME LOG
First period
5:01 HAL Samuel Asselin (30) | A: Durandeau & Kyte
19:14 HAL Keith Getson (17) | A: Higgins & Bishop

Second period
2:50 HAL Xavier Parent (11) | A: Toner & McLeod
4:54 BAT Marc-Andre LeCouffe (10), PP | A: Sutton & Tucker
15:52 HAL Samuel Asselin (31) | A: Durandeau & Groulx

Third period
2:30 HAL Raphael Lavoie (20) | A: Flower & McIsaac
18:18 BAT Jesse Sutton (14), PP | A: Tucker & MacKinnon
19:50 BAT Liam Leonard (5), PP | A: MacKinnon & Sutton

Shots: 34-13 in favour of Halifax
Powerplay: BAT – 3-for-5; HAL – 0-for-1

NOT DRESSED – Jocktan Chainey, Ostap Safin, Maxim Trepanier and Jake Ryczek were all injured

SCORES
Wildcats 2 at Screaming Eagles 3 SO
Phoenix 1 at Tigres 2
Cataractes 0 at Drakkar 5
Oceanic 5 at Armada 2

UP NEXT – Halifax will welcome the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow evening. Puck drops at 7pm.

Jan 18: Mooseheads vs. Titan preview

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS VS ACADIE-BATHRST TITAN
January 18, 2019 at 7:00pm
TV: Eastlink | Radio: News 95.7 | Live: @MC_MooseCountry
Scotiabank Centre (10,595) ~ Halifax, NS

It’s Pink in the Rink night! The game, which helps raises money for breast cancer research, is normally hosted in October but since our Halifax Mooseheads’ home opener wasn’t until October 27 the club had to move it to a later date. This evening is the 11th annual match of this event and it will see the Herd take on the last place Acadie-Bathurst Titan. It will be the second game of a home and home series between these two teams this week. Halifax will be looking to add to their 30 wins on the season and have even more distance between them and the Moncton Wildcats, who they play tomorrow. Bathurst mean while is just looking for a victory as they have only 1 win in their last 10 games and seven on the season. The Titan gave the Mooseheads a scare last week when each time Halifax were able to take a lead, Bathurst was able to tie the game up shortly after but ultimately a coast to coast goal by Justin Barron with under 3 minutes to go gave the Herd a 5-4 win. The first game in this home and home series was a bit easier with our boys winning 4-1. Fans can buy raffle tickets at the Scotiabank Centre for a chance to win a special game worn pink jersey from a Moosehead player with all money going to the Atlantic region of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

This is the seventh meeting between these two teams this season. Halifax is 6-0-0-0 against the Titan while Acadie-Bathurst has a 0-6-0-0 record versus the Mooseheads. The last matchup was on Wednesday evening in Bathurst where the Mooseheads took a 4-1 victory. Benoit-Olivier Groulx led Halifax with a goal and two assists while the Titan were outshot 39-17.

Overall Records
Titan: 7-34-1-1 = 16pts (18th overall, 6th in Maritimes division)
Mooseheads 30-10-2-1 = 63pts (4th overall, 1st in Maritimes division)

Leading Scorers
HAL: Samuel Asselin 51pts (29G & 22A), Benoit-Olivier Groulx 44pts (20G & 24A), Raphael Lavoie 43pts (19G & 24A)
BAT: Jesse Sutton 27pts (13G & 14A), Marc-Andre LeCouffe 21pts (9G & 12A), Evan MacKinnon 21pts (6G & 15A)

Previous Games
See above.

Head-to-Head
October 14  Mooseheads 5 at Titan 0
November 7  Mooseheads 8 at Titan 2
November 10  Titan 0 at Mooseheads 9
December 8  Titan 0 at Mooseheads 6
January 8  Mooseheads 5 at Titan 4
January 16  Mooseheads 4 at Titan 1
January 18  7pm  Titan at Mooseheads
February 8  7pm  Titan at Mooseheads
February 27  7pm  Titan at Mooseheads

Out of Town
Cape Breton vs. Moncton – 7:00pm
Victoriaville vs. Sherbrooke – 8:00pm
Baie-Comeau vs. Shawinigan – 8:30pm
Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Rimouski – 8:30pm

After the Buzzer
Halifax will stick at home and host the Moncton Wildcats on Saturday evening. Puck drops at 7pm.

TRADE: Moose Acquire Another From Bathurst

Photo - Getty Images

Big news came from the Halifax Mooseheads brass this afternoon just hours before the team's first regular season match. The club announced that they have acquired 20 year old Samuel Asselin from the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday. Samuel was on the team that won the President's Cup and Memorial Cup last season and was in attendance when Bathurst raised it's championship banners last night. Halifax is Asselin's third team in his QMJHL career, the L'Assomption, QC native also spent two and a half years with the Shawinigan Cataractes. He has scored 34 goals and 114 points in 179 games.

Halifax traded prospects Cole Larkin and Yannic Barstarche and a draft pick to the Titan. This is the third transaction the Mooseheads have made with Acadie-Bathurst in the last 10 months, after getting the rights to Jake Ryczek in December and acquiring Jordan Maher and Antoine Morand back in June.

Welcome to the team Samuel.

TRADE: Herd Make Trade With Champion Bathurst

The summer trade period has opened for QMJHL clubs today meaning that there will be lots of movement in the league for the next little while. Your Halifax Mooseheads made one trade so far that completed the Jake Ryczek transaction at Christmas time.

Antoine Morand
Photo - acadienouvelle.com

Halifax received Antoine Morand and Jordan Maher from the Memorial Cup champion Acadie-Bathurst Titan in exchange for 4 drafts picks; the first (16th) and third (43rd) round picks for 2018 plus a first in 2019 and a third rounder in 2020. The trade will help bolster a front end on the Mooseheads that will lose a number of players.

Morand, a 19 year old, is a more than point per game scorer in the regular season with 200 points recorded in just 181 games played over 3 years with Bathurst. The Mercier, QC native had his best season in 2017-18 scoring 26 goals and 76 points, leading the Titan in points while also helping them win the Maritimes division title. He followed that up by scoring 19 points during 20 games in the 2018 playoffs. Antoine recently signed a 3 year entry level contract with the Anaheim Ducks this week so we most likely won't see him in a Mooseheads uniform until October.

Jordan Maher
Photo - Q website

Maher is expected to fill one of the Herd's three overage spots during the upcoming season, meaning we'll see more moves soon. The 20 year old also had a career year in 2017-18 scoring 19 goals and recording 61 points in 63 games. Jordan, a Gander, NL native, will be playing in his 5th season and has 173 points in 255 games played. This past year was also the first time he had a positive plus/minus rating, being third on Bathurst with a plus-36.

Welcome to the team Antoine Morand and Jordan Maher. Looking forward to seeing them in Mooseheads gear in a few months.

League Final Set

It’s that time of year again when two teams play for the title of league champion. After a dominating season that saw the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada pick up 50 wins and be a top the QMJHL regular season standings no one is surprised that the club is in the finals while Acadie-Bathurt Titan really aren't a surprise either to be in this series.

The Halifax Mooseheads had a former player in the final four but was eliminated last week. Mathieu Charlebois and the Victoriaville Tigres were kicked out of the playoffs by Bathurst in four games on Wednesday evening. In the other series, Blainville had a tougher time to get through the third round defeating the Charlottetown Islanders in 7 games with their three loses being in overtime.

So the Armada and Titan will fight for the chance to represent the QMJHL in the 2018 Memorial Cup. For Blainville-Boisbriand, this is the second trip to the fourth round of the playoffs in consecutive years. For Acadie Bathurst, it is their fourth trip to the finals in their franchise history.

Check out the schedule below:
Game 1  Friday May 5 at 8pm  Acadie Bathurst vs. Blainville-Boisbriand
Game 2  Saturday May 6 at 8pm  Acadie Bathurst vs. Blainville-Boisbriand
Game 3  Tuesday May 8 at 7:30pm Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Acadie Bathurst
Game 4  Wednesday May 9 at 7:30pm Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Acadie Bathurst
*Game 5  Friday May 11 at 8pm  Acadie Bathurst vs. Blainville-Boisbriand
*Game 6  Sunday May 13 at 4pm Blainville-Boisbriand vs. Acadie Bathurst
*Game 7  Tuesday May 15 at 8pm  Acadie Bathurst vs. Blainville-Boisbriand

All times Atlantic
* if necessary